Kathleen Turner Joins TIMES TALKS Line-up, 5/2

In the coming weeks, some of the brightest names in film, television, theater, books, advocacy and awareness will sit down with New York Times journalists for TimesTalks events at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City. Participants include Yale University professor David W. Blight, filmmaker Ken Burns, and historian Adam Goodheart; actor-producer Bradley Cooper; Tony Award-winning stars of the upcoming Roundabout Theatre revival of "Anything Goes," Sutton Foster and Joel Grey with director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall; Tony Award-winning British playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tom Stoppard; two-time Golden Globe winner, Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner; and Academy Award-winning director Gerardine Wurzburg with the two men featured in her new documentary "Wretches & Jabberers," Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher, and Autism Society president and CEO Lee Grossman.

Moderators for upcoming TimesTalks offerings include theater reporter Patrick Healy; arts columnist Dave Itzkoff; Jamie Malanowski, lead writer of NYTimes.com's award-winning Opinionator series, "Disunion;" and Editorial Page editor Andrew Rosenthal.

The following TimesTalks events will be of particular interest to theatre enthusiasts:

Tuesday, March 15, 6 - 7:15 PM
A Conversation with Tom Stoppard
Tony Award-winning British playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Tom Stoppard discusses his work on stage and screen, including the ideas and history behind his play "Arcadia," which opens on Broadway March 17. Interviewed by theater reporter Patrick Healy. (TONIGHT'S TIMESTALKS EVENT WITH MR. STOPPARD IS SOLD OUT.)

Monday, March 21, 6 - 7:15 PM
Cole Porter's Classic
Tony Award winners Sutton Foster and Joel Grey with director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall discussing the new Roundabout Theatre production of Cole Porter's musical comedy "Anything Goes." And, of course, there will be musical performances.

Monday, May 2, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Two-time Golden Globe winner, Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner talks about her life and career, including her starring role on Broadway in "High," an acclaimed new drama exploring addiction, faith and redemption.

The above TimesTalks events takes place at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City. For additional information or to purchase advance tickets, which are $30 for each interview plus service fees, please call: 1.888.NYT.1870 or visit www.TimesTalks.com.

For 13 years, TimesTalks events have been evoking intelligent and entertaining conversations among some of the world's most engaging speakers. TimesTalks was created in 1998 to help enhance relationships with existing readers, who would be able to see and hear from the faces behind the bylines, and to introduce new readers to these talented journalists. TimesTalks brings members of The Times's prize-winning editing, reporting and writing staff together with today's most celebrated talents and thinkers in thought-provoking and entertaining discussions. As wide-ranging and diverse as The Times and its readers throughout the world, TimesTalks has been designed to speak to many interests in a range of categories.

 

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